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Collection of the private acts of the General Assembly of the state of North Carolina: from the year 1715, to the year 1790, inclusive, now in force and use

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IV. And be it further en?.cled, ly the authority afore/aid, that all deeds heretofore msde by the comrr.iflioners for any
lets of land in the laid town, the conditions ot which have been fulfilled and complied with, fh-;ll, and are hereby de-clared
to he good and valid in law, and fliall con/ey the fce-limple thereof to the grantee:, their heirs and affigns,
{or ever,
V. And be itfurther enacjed, by the authtrity aforefaid, that the commiffioners of the Lid town, or any three of them,
fhall, and are hereby impowered ,r,d required, on application, to grant and convey, in tee limple, any of the lots of
the laid tow n, containing each half an acre, or thereabout, not beiore granted, or which have lap fed, or fliall lapfe, by
the grantees, or thole who hold or claim under l hem, not having complied with the condition of the deeds by which
the lame were or lhall be granted, for which the grantees fliall pay ten lhilling*, proclamation money, for each lot, if
not a water lot, and five flulhngs for each water-lot ; and all deeds made for conveying luch lots in the laid town as
are not water-lots, lhall be on condition, that if trie grantees, their heirs or affigns, fliall not, within two ycarsfrom the
date of each relpecbve deed, erect and build tor each lot thereby granted, a gocd Inbftantial brick, flune, or framed
habitable houfe, not oi lei's dimenfions than twenty feet long, fifteen teet wide, and eight feet high between the firft
floor and the joilis, or mrke inch other improvements as by rhe majority of the commiffioners fliail be deemed equiva-lent
luch <\eed lhall be void ; and all decdi to be made for convening water-lots, lhall be on condition, tint if the
grantees, their heirs and aliigns, (hall not, within two years from the date ofea:h refpective deed, fecure the front
ltreet fifty feet from the wafer's encroachment, or build a wharl to the edge ot the channel, fuchdeed (hall be void.
VI. rfnd be it furtke-- enjfled, by the autbortly ajorefiiid, that in all cales where deeds ha^e been, or hereafter fhall
be made by the coinmillioners of the faid .own, or a majority of them, fcr any lot or lots, and the grantees, or thole
who hold under them, have not, or fliail not comply with, and fulfil the conditions of the lame, the commiffioners may,
and are hereby impowered to gra.it luch lo: or lots, to any perion or perfons applying for the lame, in luch manner
as they might or co.ild, t luch lot or lots had never been before granted.
VII. And be it further enacted, bv trie authority aforefaid, that luth perfons as are owners of lots in the faid town
facing or fronting any water io;s, lhall have the preference in taking up luch water lots, and no others fliall be admitted
to have deeds from the commiffioners for the fame, till after fix months notice given to the owners ot fuch lots io fa-cing
or fronting tha water lots as aiorelaid, and their neglecting in that time to appl) for deeds fur 'hem.
VIII. And whereas his Excellency the Governor, and the other public officers of government, do not at prefent re-fide
or keep their office; in Edenion, whereby eig'n acres of land, or thereabout, in the laid town, heretofore appropri-ated
to the ufe of the Governor or commander in chief for tie time being, are not applied to any ule or purpofe
whatfoever, but would greatly contribute io the better Settlement of the town, were the commiffioners inverted with
power to dil'oole of the lame ; and of late years the land^ in fome parts of the faid town, adjacent to the water, hag
hicreafed, but not being within the plan thereof cannot be difpofed of to fuch as are defnous topurchafe the fame ; Be
it thei efv e enadted by the authority aforefaid, that from and after the pafiing of this act, it lhall and n ay be law ful for the
coiivniiiioneri of Edenton, or a majority of them, to caufe the faid eight acres of land, more or lefs, heretofore appro-priated
as aforelaid, to be laid out in fuch lots as they lhall think molt conven'eiit, and caufe a plan thereof to be made,
and therein infert marks and numbers to the lots in the lame contained ; which lots lb !a ; d out, fhall be by the com-miliionei>,
cr a majority of them, on the third day of the next fupreme court to be held at Eder.ton, fold in fcparate
lots, at public auction ; and the fa : d commiffioners fliall make and execute deeds for the granting and conveying the
fame, io the purchafer or purchafers, and to his or their heirs or afligns for e\er, without any condition or refervation
whaMoever , and the money ariling by luch fale, lhall be applied as herein directed, and the deeds which fhall
be (o executed, fhall, and are hereby declared to be good and valid in law, and fhall, efreeluaHy, convey the fee fimple
of the lots m the fame mentioned, to the grantees, their heirs and afligns tor ever ; any law or ftatute to the contrary,
notwithltandmg.
IX. And be it further enacled, bv the authority a f^refaid, that the commiffioners, or a majority of them, fhall, and
they are hereby directed to caufe fuch land atij icent to the water, as has increafed, and is not contained within the
preleiu plan of the faid town, to be laid out m fuch lots as they lhall think molt ! unable ard convenient, ai:d caufe a
plan of fjch lots to be made, with marks and numbers to the fame inferted, and fhall, on application, by deeds of con-veyance,
gr mu and convey the fame in fuch manner, and under the like conditions as i , herein before directed in the
granting ot Inch vacant lots as are contained in the prefent plan of the- faid town, and have not been heretofore appro-priated
to the ule of the Governor or commarder in chief, as is before recited ; and all deeos which fhall be executej
for the fame, fliall, and are hereby declared-go xl and valid in law, and fliall, effectually, convey the iee-fimple thereof
to the grantees, their h; irs and afligns for ever, on complying with and fulfilling tner ond tions to he exprefied in the
fame cl^eds ; an I all lots t j be granted in virtue of this act, lhall be deemed and reputed to be within the bounds of
the faid to.vn ; andthe owners thereof fliall, at all times, be fubjeft to the lame duties, taxations and in.pcfitions, aid
entitled to the fame rights and privileges, is the owners ol lots already granted.
X. And to present dilputes in refpect to grantees of anv lots, or thofe w ho claim .mder fuch grantees, having com-plied
with the condi ions in the deeds by which tl e fame have been, <rr lhall he granted ; be it enacled, by the authori-ty
afor<faid, that in all cafes where a certificate fliall be had from the commiffioners, or a majority of them, or oath
fhall be made in the county court of Chowan, by ore credible wimels, that ary let or lots hath rrhave hern laved ac.
eoiding to the conditions of the deed w deeds by which the faice is, are, or Hall be grai.ted, luth certificate, or a co-

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IV. And be it further en?.cled, ly the authority afore/aid, that all deeds heretofore msde by the comrr.iflioners for any
lets of land in the laid town, the conditions ot which have been fulfilled and complied with, fh-;ll, and are hereby de-clared
to he good and valid in law, and fliall con/ey the fce-limple thereof to the grantee:, their heirs and affigns,
{or ever,
V. And be itfurther enacjed, by the authtrity aforefaid, that the commiffioners of the Lid town, or any three of them,
fhall, and are hereby impowered ,r,d required, on application, to grant and convey, in tee limple, any of the lots of
the laid tow n, containing each half an acre, or thereabout, not beiore granted, or which have lap fed, or fliall lapfe, by
the grantees, or thole who hold or claim under l hem, not having complied with the condition of the deeds by which
the lame were or lhall be granted, for which the grantees fliall pay ten lhilling*, proclamation money, for each lot, if
not a water lot, and five flulhngs for each water-lot ; and all deeds made for conveying luch lots in the laid town as
are not water-lots, lhall be on condition, that if trie grantees, their heirs or affigns, fliall not, within two ycarsfrom the
date of each relpecbve deed, erect and build tor each lot thereby granted, a gocd Inbftantial brick, flune, or framed
habitable houfe, not oi lei's dimenfions than twenty feet long, fifteen teet wide, and eight feet high between the firft
floor and the joilis, or mrke inch other improvements as by rhe majority of the commiffioners fliail be deemed equiva-lent
luch ,
cr a majority of them, on the third day of the next fupreme court to be held at Eder.ton, fold in fcparate
lots, at public auction ; and the fa : d commiffioners fliall make and execute deeds for the granting and conveying the
fame, io the purchafer or purchafers, and to his or their heirs or afligns for e\er, without any condition or refervation
whaMoever , and the money ariling by luch fale, lhall be applied as herein directed, and the deeds which fhall
be (o executed, fhall, and are hereby declared to be good and valid in law, and fhall, efreeluaHy, convey the fee fimple
of the lots m the fame mentioned, to the grantees, their heirs and afligns tor ever ; any law or ftatute to the contrary,
notwithltandmg.
IX. And be it further enacled, bv the authority a f^refaid, that the commiffioners, or a majority of them, fhall, and
they are hereby directed to caufe fuch land atij icent to the water, as has increafed, and is not contained within the
preleiu plan of the faid town, to be laid out m fuch lots as they lhall think molt ! unable ard convenient, ai:d caufe a
plan of fjch lots to be made, with marks and numbers to the fame inferted, and fhall, on application, by deeds of con-veyance,
gr mu and convey the fame in fuch manner, and under the like conditions as i , herein before directed in the
granting ot Inch vacant lots as are contained in the prefent plan of the- faid town, and have not been heretofore appro-priated
to the ule of the Governor or commarder in chief, as is before recited ; and all deeos which fhall be executej
for the fame, fliall, and are hereby declared-go xl and valid in law, and fliall, effectually, convey the iee-fimple thereof
to the grantees, their h; irs and afligns for ever, on complying with and fulfilling tner ond tions to he exprefied in the
fame cl^eds ; an I all lots t j be granted in virtue of this act, lhall be deemed and reputed to be within the bounds of
the faid to.vn ; andthe owners thereof fliall, at all times, be fubjeft to the lame duties, taxations and in.pcfitions, aid
entitled to the fame rights and privileges, is the owners ol lots already granted.
X. And to present dilputes in refpect to grantees of anv lots, or thofe w ho claim .mder fuch grantees, having com-plied
with the condi ions in the deeds by which tl e fame have been,